Category Archives: Engagements

My first engagement session of 2014 culminated in a pretty psychedelic sort of image. When we arrived at the Queen Wilhelmina Garden – the location of San Francisco’s famous Dutch Windmill, I saw that the tulips (or are they poppies?) were blooming! It was a pretty amazing sight, given that the sun had long set,…

Found this incredible secret spot during an awesome engagement session with Brooke and David. Not much time or room to operate there, but we pulled it off! Pretty incredible to have such a striking view of the Bay Bridge and the San Francisco skyline.

Today was an absolutely gorgeous day in San Francisco, and so naturally I expected to see lots of sunset photographs in my newsfeed, as people captured the last hues of their weekend. Corinne, Dominic and I headed out to Baker Beach, and started our engagement shoot during ‘magic hour’. We took full advantage of the…

Had an awesome engagement shoot tonight with Bri and Jorge. We started our shoot near AT&T Park, and they surprised me with these awesome props as well as SF Giants apparel. It was an unusually warm and sunny evening in SF, so we took full advantage. I was really grateful to these guys for their…

I love it when couples come up with cool engagement shoot ideas, and I was absolutely thrilled when Chez suggested we should do Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk engagement photos. Memorial Day brought perfect weather, and we met in the late afternoon in order to take advantage of the gorgeous ‘magic hour’ sunlight. The Boardwalk was…

My Engagement Story I almost proposed to my wife in the airport. It wasn’t supposed to turn out that way. In fact, the proposal was supposed to happen on our Cancun vacation, and it was meant to be a total surprise. A mutual friend, who happens to be a gemologist (more from her later), graciously…

A few words about Beth and Nick’s SF City Club wedding. I got super lucky with Beth and Nick on multiple counts. First of all, they’re simply an awesome couple. Energetic, open-minded, connected. I had the privilege of doing not one – but two engagement sessions with them. The first was early in the morning,…

I was beyond excited when Laura and Scott invited me to come to Chicago for their engagement shoot. On the very day, Chicago offered up gorgeous 75-degree weather, beautiful sunlight, while Laura and Scott brought their incredible energy and connection. I don’t get such an invitation every day, so we tried to cover as much…

I love natural light, and therefore I enjoy photographing outdoors. However, for Lisa and Yaakov’s engagement shoot I had a totally different vision. This cosmopolitan couple had so much style that I immediately envisioned an intimate, elegant session behind closed doors. That’s how we found ourselves in the extravagant Fairmont Suite at the Fairmont Hotel…